Tutorial: Deploying a Hello World application – AWS …

When you initialize your sample application, you have the option to choose a Lambda deployment package type, either Zip or Image.For more information about package types, see Lambda deployment packages in the AWS Lambda Developer Guide.. The following is a preview of commands that you run to create your Hello World application.

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